plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
Examples of streamer in a Sentence
streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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Fujimura said he’s counted around 65 pieces of Japanese IP that are currently in development with Hollywood studios and streamers.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
In streaming, Paramount+ executive vice president of programing Jeff Grossman was laid off, as was Patricia Kollappallil, senior vice president of corporate communications at the streamer.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The streamer has given a straight-to-series order for Rabbit, Rabbit, which comes from creator Peter Craig (Dope Thief, The Batman) and independent studio MRC.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Janet Hubert is heading to a familiar zip code as a guest star in the fourth and final season of Bel-Air, Peacock's modern-day reimagining of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the streamer announced Tuesday.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
In streaming, Paramount+ executive vice president of programing Jeff Grossman was laid off, as was Patricia Kollappallil, senior vice president of corporate communications at the streamer.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The streamer has given a straight-to-series order for Rabbit, Rabbit, which comes from creator Peter Craig (Dope Thief, The Batman) and independent studio MRC.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Janet Hubert is heading to a familiar zip code as a guest star in the fourth and final season of Bel-Air, Peacock's modern-day reimagining of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the streamer announced Tuesday.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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